Card-rack



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. SAFFORD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARD-RACK.

Speciiication forming` part of Letters Patent No. 57,776, datedSeptember 4, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, E. SAFFORD, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, inthe State of Massa chusetts, have invented an Improved Gard- Iiack; andI do hereby declare Ithat the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in an arrangement ofpeouliarly-constructed slats or bars in connection with a suitably-madeboard or frame, the object ofthe whole heilig to hold in viewbusiness-cards. Y

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I Willproceed to describe its construction and use.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view of my improved card-rack. lFig. 2 is a back view of my improved card-rack. Fig. 3 is a crosssectionof the saine. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the same.

I take a board of any desirable dimensions and work into it the groovesp p p, 85o., as shown in Fig. 4. These `grooves pass entirely across theboard and receive the slats s s s" s', Sac., Fig. l. The slats are madeWith a section in the shape of the letter T, as shown in Fig. 4. Thatpart of the slat that is outside ot' the face of the board does not liein immediate contact with the board, but a little way from it, so thatthe edge of a card mayl be pushed between it and the board. I place theslats within such distance of each other that when the whole board isoccupied by cards no one will entirely overlap another.

The frame Ais made of any desirable molding, and is rabbeted, as shownin Figs. 3 and 4. The board B is held into its frame by the two buttonsT T', which slip into grooves N N made in the frame for that purpose.

What I claim as invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The peculiar method of shaping and holding in position the slats s ss 3"', Ste., substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the slats, made and secured as described, with theboard B and frame A, substantially as described, and for the purpose setforth.

EDWARD SAFFORD.

Witnesses WILLIAMl EDsoN. FRANK G. PARKER.

